• The monthly recycling rate for quarter three (October – December 2014) including
Household Waste & Recycling Centres, Community Recycling Sites and kerbside
collections are as follows:
Month
October 2014
November 2014
December 2014
Statutory target
Current Month
50.74%
50.83%
45.86%
Cumulative total for 2014/
date)
53.58%
53.48%
52.83%
52.00%
Quarter four performance (January - March 2015) will be reported in the next
update.
• Confirmed operational dates for 5m recycling vehicles:
§Radnor West (M5) – 19th January 2015
§Newtown North (N7) – 26th January 2015
Confirmed operational dates for 3.55m recycling vehicles:
§Brecon South with one day that Abercrave cover around Defynnog, Crai,
Sennybridge (S8) – 2nd February 2015
To be confirmed for 3.55m recycling vehicles:
§Radnor / South Mont (M6)
§Radnor South / Brecknock North (M7)
§Newtown Satellite (N10)
§Welshpool Satellite(N11)
§Llanfyllin Satellite (N12)
All to be completed by end of March 2015
To be confirmed for Ultra Rural box vans:
§Brecknockshire (S9)
§Radnorshire (M8)
§Montgomeryshire (N13)
All to be completed by end of March 2015
• The new recycling scheme has been rolled out to Knighton and a number of villages
in communities in east Radnor from the week beginning 19 January
2015. Residents in these areas have been delivered their new recycling boxes
along with full information on the scheme. Knighton is the last town in Powys
to receive the new scheme, therefore the majority of the population now
receives a kerbside recycling service.
• The new recycling vehicles enable us to collect all the domestic recycling boxes in a
particular area, unlike the two vehicles required previously. We are forecast to
achieve £500,000 savings this financial year due to the new vehicles being
lighter (12tonne as opposed to 26tonne vehicles previously used) as well as
freeing up crew time which will enable us to start expanding our recycling
collections across the rest of Powys.
To allow for the introduction of these new recycling vehicles, the routes are being
revised to make them as efficient and effective as possible. This has resulted in some
changes to collection days in some areas. Leaflets will be delivered to inform
residents of these changes.
Householders are being reminded that due to the changes their collection times may
vary and therefore should ensure that their recycling and rubbish is put out by
7.30am on their collection day. Crews are unable to return for any waste that has
been put out late.
• We would like to remind you that as part of the review of our current collection
routes a number of private lanes/roads have been considered to be unsuitable
due to the poor condition and/or the limited number of households they serve
and the excessive time it takes us to collect. Letters will be sent out to affected
households informing them of this change and also that their waste collections
will be made on the council road verge at the end of the lane.
• We have also been experiencing disruptions to collections due to the recent
weather conditions. Residents have been asked to place their waste out as per
normal on their collection day and if it hasn’t been collected by the end of the
day to take it back in and put it out on their next scheduled collection. Where
possible the crews will endeavour to collect these within a few days, but due to
the limited number of vehicles, staff availability and the weather conditions this
is not always possible. Updates are provided on our Facebook page
www.facebook.com/recycleforpowys and Twitter
www.twitter.com/recycleforpowys. We would be grateful if you could please
like and follow these pages to help spread the message further.
• There will be changes to the way in which clinical waste is collected from
households from 2 February 2015. The council has been operating a clinical
waste service across the county collecting material from residents’ homes
separately from normal household rubbish. Only clinical waste classed as
infectious will now be collected separately, this includes infectious dressings,
needles and syringes, and dialysis wastes. Non-infectious hygiene waste, such
as incontinence pads, catheters, colostomy bags will be collected with normal
rubbish using a wheeled bin or purple sacks for properties without wheeled
bins. This material can be safely and legally landfilled with normal domestic
rubbish.
Residents whose waste is classed as non-infectious hygiene waste have received
letters informing them that their clinical waste collection service will end at the end
of January and should place all such waste in with their normal rubbish for collection
fortnightly.
• We have had a number of enquiries asking where recycling goes to after collection
at the kerbside. Below is a brief description of where the items go for your
information:
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Cans and plastics go to Cae Post and Bryn Posteg and then onto Aleris,
Swansea, AWS Eco Plastics Ltd, Lincolnshire, Clear Point Recycling Ltd and
Gaskells, Liverpool
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Food waste goes to Agrivert Ltd, Oxford
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Paper and card go to Cae Post, Parry & Evans and Potters, Welshpool and
then onto UPM Shotton, SAICA Manchester, Oswestry Waste Paper
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Mixed glass goes to Recresco Ltd, Cwmbran and Ellesmere
• Also, a poster is attached detailing the items that can and can’t be recycled at the
kerbside which you should find useful.